Jaswant Singh Kanwal
Jaswant Singh Kanwal wrote from Dhudike for Punjabi readers. His novels and later essays returned to village life, social change and historical questions.
Dhudike; Moga
Lives & ideas
People.
Writers, makers, scientists and public lives, with their connection to Punjab stated precisely.
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Jazzy B
Punjabi Canadian singer Jazzy B moved from Punjab to Vancouver as a child and later developed a recording career.
Punjab, Vancouver and Britain
Jean-Baptiste Ventura: infantry, court service and a travelling portrait
Follow an Italian officer into Lahore service and trace two museum records that preserve different parts of his history.
Lahore and the Sikh Empire; connections with Italy, Persia and France
Jean-François Allard: from Napoleon’s cavalry to Ranjit Singh’s service
Follow Jean-François Allard from Napoleonic service to Lahore, where he helped reorganise cavalry under Ranjit Singh.
Saint-Tropez, Iran, Lahore and Peshawar
Kamalpreet Kaur: Olympic discus and anti-doping decision
Read about Punjab discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur’s Olympic performance and a later anti-doping decision.
Punjab and the wider region
Kamla Bhasin
Kamla Bhasin connected a Punjab birthplace with South Asian feminist organising. Her accounts describe training, collective networks and a property campaign.
Mandi Bahauddin; South Asia
Kanshi Ram: Punjab roots and Bahujan Samaj Party
Kanshi Ram’s journey from Punjab to government employment and political organising led to the Bahujan Samaj Party.
Punjab and beyond
Karan Aujla
Learn about Karan Aujla’s songwriting, his Canadian JUNO award and collaborations with Punjabi artists.
Punjab and Vancouver
Kartar Singh Duggal
Kartar Singh Duggal’s fiction explored relationships and displacement. Stories, novels and self-translation formed parts of a multilingual literary practice.
Rawalpindi
Kartar Singh Sarabha: Ghadar revolutionary in Punjab and California
Ghadar revolutionary Kartar Singh Sarabha connected Punjab with organising in California and was executed in 1915.
Punjab and overseas
Khizar Hayat Tiwana: Punjab premiership and Unionist politics
Khizar Hayat Tiwana led Punjab’s Unionist ministry and a post-1946 coalition before resigning as premier in March 1947.
Undivided Punjab
Khwaja Ghulam Farid: Saraiki poetry, Rohi and the Urdu ghazal
Khwaja Ghulam Farid’s poetry joins spiritual longing to the life and landscape of southern Punjab. His Saraiki kafis, smaller Urdu divan and Mithankot shrine reveal different parts of his legacy.
Chachran, Bahawalpur, Rohi and Mithankot, southern Punjab
Kishan Singh Gargaj
Kishan Singh Gargaj was an organiser and leader in Punjab’s Babbar Akali movement in the early 1920s.
Punjab
Kishwar Naheed
Kishwar Naheed’s Lahore education and public work accompanied her Urdu writing. Dated interviews describe poetic form, criticism and cultural service.
Lahore and Punjab
Krishan Adib
Krishan Adib wrote Urdu ghazals and nazms while working as a photographer in Ludhiana. Literary friendships and later records preserve aspects of his work.
Ludhiana
Kuldeep Manak
Punjabi folk singer Kuldeep Manak became associated with kaliyan and a repertoire remembered in recordings and performance.
Punjab and British Columbia
Kulwant Singh Virk
Kulwant Singh Virk wrote short stories and English articles. A colleague’s recollections connect literary craft with journalism and support for other writers.
Punjab
Lal Singh Dil
Lal Singh Dil’s Punjabi poetry appeared in several collections. A dated magazine records his books and the English translation of selected poems.
Samrala, Punjab
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